"Windows, like a newspaper, only has value in context and for a limited time. Your old copy of MSDOS is worthless today as are most of every copy of software you have released before 2001. It only had value in context and the sooner you lose that context the better off you are."
It still does whatever you had to do in times past. For example, SimCity 4 runs fine on Windows 98. A lot of places refuse to dump their Win2k setups, or they have software that still requires DOS.
Heck, I know one place that runs their financials on a Win 3.1 program. Its been doing everything they need for 15 years, and they're not going to change. It works, it runs fine under xp, and why fix what ain't broke?
Or email address non-portability between different ISPs (or freemail providers, for that matter).
This being an unintentional form a lock-in, of course. You wouldn't actually expect an email address to be portable, would you?
You and I wouldn't, but that doesn't mean much (sigh). How many people do you know who won't change ISPs because they can't "bring their email address with them" if they change?
It's also one of the reasons Yahoo! is worth so much to Microsoft - a lot of people who are using their email won't bother to move, because of inertia and lock-in.
I don't understand why most people don't get together with friends and family and each pitch in a few bucks each year and have their own domain, with their own email address.
lock-in = subscription based business model...for those that don't know:)
Nope.
Lock-in is anything that creates barriers to moving to a competitor. For example, file formats. Or email address non-portability between different ISPs (or freemail providers, for that matter). Or (in the case of telecoms) number non-portability.The subscription model is one of the ways to milk extra bucks from lock-in, but it isn't itself a "lock-in."
Is it just me or is this article just total nonsense? What does arrow-proofing a car have anything to do with computer security? And I doubt this guy will have a job much longer if he's going around claiming that 100% security isn't the goal and that he only tries to keep out the 11 year old script kiddies
No kidding. The guy was pulling figures (and other sh*t) out of his rectum over and over again.
If you try and enter the US with encrypted data, you can not use an encryption stronger than 54-bit DES (IIRC), which is regulated under the US ammunitions law.
I'm calling bullshit on that one.
It was munitions, not ammunition.
exporting the software.
its been modified so it only applies to a few countries now.
you're free to use software of any encryption length- you just can't export it
I guess that's the silver lining. We aren't the _worst_ country in the world yet and aren't likely to be the worst country in the world anytime soon. If that and a shiny piece of string keep you happy.....
Actually, in terms of the number of people in jail, which is probably a good way to gauge oppression, you are #1.
Welcome to the 37-year "War on Drugs", which so far has cost more than any other war except WW2. Pretty stupid waging a war against your own citizens - sort of like pushing on a string.
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...both instances of "yourdomain" is followed by an erroneous space.
The "is" is incorrect, but the "an" is fine. Am I missing something?
Yes - you are missing something. Once you replace "is" with "are", the "an" is extraneous. So, for that matter, is "erroneous"
"... both instances of "yourdomain" are followed by space"
You already know the author is citing this as a mistake - no need to be overly repetitive unless you're getting paid by the word.
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... and then writes this:
both instances of "yourdomain" is followed by an erroneous space. Frankly, it is as if the book had never been technically edited.
"I'm not sure about countries in Europe, but all U.S. cars have a bar code visible through the windshield (windscreen) that represents the VIN (vehicle identification number) that is easily machine readable"
Ever try to read the vin? Some are easy - a lot aren't.
Then there's accumulated snow, rain, frost, dirt, etc.
Also reflections, angle of view...
Also there's the issue of damage when a motorist drives off too soon. Nowadays, its' about a grand in damages. This thing would be a LOT more expensive.
The article itself gives examples that aren't true. The author of the article is Michael Eisen, chief legal officer at Microsoft Canada, based in Toronto.
Maybe a reader who lives in Ontario, Canada (and thus has standing) can do us all a favour and file a complaint with the Ontario Bar for Eisen's breech of professional ethics in misleading the public, and bringing the practice of law into disrepute.
It confuses people. Same as all the different names for the various pentium variants... pentium, pentium II, pentium pro, pentium 3, pentium IV, itanium, 586, 686, xeon, core duo, core 2, core 2 duo, and amd is just as bad.
Another example - usb - "full-speed" and "hi-speed".
Another telling example - the "version number game". Everyone plays it. Remember how Wordperfect was at 6.0, Microsoft bumped Word's verion from 2 to 6, just to be seen "as good."
Or when Mandrake bumped their version from 6 to 7, pretty much everyone else followed suit, so as not to be seen as "behind the times."
Mainstream success will come when people can get the information they need to make decisions without having to parse through all the static of weird names, version skewing, bafflegab, etc. According to your theory of "inventive names being better", the latest version of OpenOffice should be called "MonkeyBalls", and the next version something completely different, like "Wrath of Khan".
At least with cars, they keep the same name from year to year, just "bump up the version number".
Look at (just some of) the different names Windows has gone through:
Windows for Workgroups (3.11)
Windows 95 (3.95 - 4.0)
Windows 98 (4.x)
Windows 98 Second Edition (4.x)
Windows Millenium Edition (4.x)
Windows New Technology
Windows XP (5.0)
Windows Vista (6.0)
... and that's not counting the different versions (Home, Basic, Pro, Advanced, Whatever...)
On the open source front, how do you expect people to take you seriously when you say "You should try Werewolf" (fedora 8)? Its bad enough we have weird-sounding names like Mandriva, Linspire (or whatever they're calling it nowadays), and Ubuntu without making it worse...
the team cites that they want everyone to have a 'great install experience'.
Come off it already. "great install experience"... hey, its not a f*cking condo timeshare!
And just to show that I'm not reserving my spleen for venting on Microsoft, This is as stupid as the naming conventions that have taken over in the open-source world, calling different versions by weird names,, like 'Gutsy Gibbon'.
... if you want to call 2012 "the short term." Housing won't reach the previous peak until them (if even then), so in the meantime, renting is cheaper - unless you buy one of those foreclosed properties the banks are auctioning off at less than half of what is currently owed on them (and even that is sometimes overpriced if the previous owner did a refi and cashed out).
Also, there are so many people who can't move to take a better job because they can't sell their house - the house is worth less than what they owe, and they'd have to bring money to the transaction.
You think you're not paying property taxes when you rent? Not only are you doing that, but you are paying someone else's mortgage plus a profit.
Not any more. There are tons of houses available for rent at less than the mortgage payment, as speculators who can't sell try to hold on to the houses they intended to flip.
"The Devil won't invite you to his awesome parties for such a half-arsed attempt, you know."
You've got it the wrong way around - its' MY parties he wants to join.
Hey, at least we'll still be able to have sex. Remember what that freak jesus said - "there is no marriage in heaven, no husbands or wives" etc..."
What a fucked-up place - no sex. So what happens with your privates? They fall off or something? That sort of god sounds more like Jim Jones.
Seriously, there is no god. Not even any real proof that there was some guy named jesus. You can believe all you want - won't make it true. Faith that isn't grounded in reality is a tragic waste.
Remember - the cathoic church requires you believe and live their doctrine, or you're not a catholic. Birth control? You're not part of the church - you're in sin. Its not me that's uptight, its the church. But why would you want to continue to associate in any way with a church that says your beliefs are not their beliefs?
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"Windows, like a newspaper, only has value in context and for a limited time. Your old copy of MSDOS is worthless today as are most of every copy of software you have released before 2001. It only had value in context and the sooner you lose that context the better off you are."
It still does whatever you had to do in times past. For example, SimCity 4 runs fine on Windows 98. A lot of places refuse to dump their Win2k setups, or they have software that still requires DOS.
Heck, I know one place that runs their financials on a Win 3.1 program. Its been doing everything they need for 15 years, and they're not going to change. It works, it runs fine under xp, and why fix what ain't broke?
You and I wouldn't, but that doesn't mean much (sigh). How many people do you know who won't change ISPs because they can't "bring their email address with them" if they change?
It's also one of the reasons Yahoo! is worth so much to Microsoft - a lot of people who are using their email won't bother to move, because of inertia and lock-in.
I don't understand why most people don't get together with friends and family and each pitch in a few bucks each year and have their own domain, with their own email address.
Nope.
Lock-in is anything that creates barriers to moving to a competitor. For example, file formats. Or email address non-portability between different ISPs (or freemail providers, for that matter). Or (in the case of telecoms) number non-portability.The subscription model is one of the ways to milk extra bucks from lock-in, but it isn't itself a "lock-in."
Instead of cracking the DRM, why not crack their skulls?
Not everyone listens to music all day.
So you're on facebook as George Bush?
Wrong: Richard Nixon, 1969. Its been that long ...
Look at the figures and weep. The US, on a per capita basis, beats everyone else.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_pri_per_cap-crime-prisoners-per-capita
The neighbours to the north and south manage to be MUCH lower ... feeling oppressed yet?
No kidding. The guy was pulling figures (and other sh*t) out of his rectum over and over again.
Actually, in terms of the number of people in jail, which is probably a good way to gauge oppression, you are #1.
Welcome to the 37-year "War on Drugs", which so far has cost more than any other war except WW2. Pretty stupid waging a war against your own citizens - sort of like pushing on a string.
"... both instances of "yourdomain" are followed by space"
You already know the author is citing this as a mistake - no need to be overly repetitive unless you're getting paid by the word.
Mine doesn't - you have to pull a lever inside to open it.
Or you could use a big-ass screwdriver to pop it open, same as the ones with a lock.
Nobody bothers siphoning sas nowadays - much easier to just steal the car.
"I'm not sure about countries in Europe, but all U.S. cars have a bar code visible through the windshield (windscreen) that represents the VIN (vehicle identification number) that is easily machine readable"
Ever try to read the vin? Some are easy - a lot aren't.
Then there's accumulated snow, rain, frost, dirt, etc.
Also reflections, angle of view ...
Also there's the issue of damage when a motorist drives off too soon. Nowadays, its' about a grand in damages. This thing would be a LOT more expensive.
Ah, the good old days. Clipper 5.2 and Clipper Toolkit 3.0 were all I needed.
The article itself gives examples that aren't true. The author of the article is Michael Eisen, chief legal officer at Microsoft Canada, based in Toronto.
Maybe a reader who lives in Ontario, Canada (and thus has standing) can do us all a favour and file a complaint with the Ontario Bar for Eisen's breech of professional ethics in misleading the public, and bringing the practice of law into disrepute.
It confuses people. Same as all the different names for the various pentium variants ... pentium, pentium II, pentium pro, pentium 3, pentium IV, itanium, 586, 686, xeon, core duo, core 2, core 2 duo, and amd is just as bad.
Another example - usb - "full-speed" and "hi-speed".
Another telling example - the "version number game". Everyone plays it. Remember how Wordperfect was at 6.0, Microsoft bumped Word's verion from 2 to 6, just to be seen "as good."
Or when Mandrake bumped their version from 6 to 7, pretty much everyone else followed suit, so as not to be seen as "behind the times."
Mainstream success will come when people can get the information they need to make decisions without having to parse through all the static of weird names, version skewing, bafflegab, etc. According to your theory of "inventive names being better", the latest version of OpenOffice should be called "MonkeyBalls", and the next version something completely different, like "Wrath of Khan".
"[insert no-sex-anyway geek jokes here]"
4 reasons why they tested this on lawyers instead of lab mice:
At least with cars, they keep the same name from year to year, just "bump up the version number".
Look at (just some of) the different names Windows has gone through:
On the open source front, how do you expect people to take you seriously when you say "You should try Werewolf" (fedora 8)? Its bad enough we have weird-sounding names like Mandriva, Linspire (or whatever they're calling it nowadays), and Ubuntu without making it worse ...
Come off it already. "great install experience" ... hey, its not a f*cking condo timeshare!
And just to show that I'm not reserving my spleen for venting on Microsoft, This is as stupid as the naming conventions that have taken over in the open-source world, calling different versions by weird names,, like 'Gutsy Gibbon'.
Also, there are so many people who can't move to take a better job because they can't sell their house - the house is worth less than what they owe, and they'd have to bring money to the transaction.
Not any more. There are tons of houses available for rent at less than the mortgage payment, as speculators who can't sell try to hold on to the houses they intended to flip.
"The Devil won't invite you to his awesome parties for such a half-arsed attempt, you know."
You've got it the wrong way around - its' MY parties he wants to join.
Hey, at least we'll still be able to have sex. Remember what that freak jesus said - "there is no marriage in heaven, no husbands or wives" etc..."
What a fucked-up place - no sex. So what happens with your privates? They fall off or something? That sort of god sounds more like Jim Jones.
Seriously, there is no god. Not even any real proof that there was some guy named jesus. You can believe all you want - won't make it true. Faith that isn't grounded in reality is a tragic waste.
Remember - the cathoic church requires you believe and live their doctrine, or you're not a catholic. Birth control? You're not part of the church - you're in sin. Its not me that's uptight, its the church. But why would you want to continue to associate in any way with a church that says your beliefs are not their beliefs?